One of the many Fest highlights came late Saturday night when Paint It Black stormed the stage at Common Grounds.  The night before, Paint It Black performed at a house party (some video can be found here) and Dan Yemin claimed that is was the one of the best shows he has ever played and challenged the crowd to match the previous nights intensity and passion.  He even out right demanded that the crowd beat Municipal Waste’s record of “infinity stage dives,” demanding they put forth “infinity plus one.”

The band performed two new tracks from their upcoming third album, which we hear will be released in early February.  Based on the new cuts they played, we are highly anticipating this release, not to mention that Yemin himself said in regards to the new record, “it’s going to bring punk rock back to year zero.” Fuck yeah.

Check out more pictures after the jump.
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To the unexpecting eye, Gainesville could no way host the insanity-filled weekend that is the Fest. But really if you are traveling to Gainesville, it’s got to be for two things predominately; college football or to experience this annual, ever-growing marathon of bands, beer, and beards.

This was my second year attending the Fest and the expectations were even larger just because of the sheer volume of amazing bands playing in this sixth year. The tradition has become something much more important to me. It’s something that, come July or August, I’m usually talking about at least two to seven times a day. But this year, I was on a mission. Last year, I missed so many amazing bands that I got into after the whole shabang was over so I promised myself I would see as many bands as my body and mind allowed.

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Ok, everyone, it’s time. After taking some time to go through our pictures, new records and heal our battle wounds (the infamous fest cold has officially struck!), we are ready to recap what was certainly the best Fest yet. Many great bands played, many PBRs were consumed and way too much Checkers was eaten, and we wouldn’t have it any other way. But along with our day to day recaps of the event, we’re going to focus on certain sets we thought were the stand outs for the weekend in our three day coverage special.

We’ll kick it off with our friends in the Measure [SA]. Their show at Fest VI, which was seen by many as the official kickoff for the weekend, was highly anticipated. So much so, that the 1982 bar was filled to capacity by the time the band started their set. So packed that many of their friends were outside the bar, staring in through the large windows, that is until the came through said windows to stage dive.

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It was a crazy three days but I made it back from the Fest alive. While Bill and I go through the 300 plus pictures we took down in Gainesville, I just wanted to send out a huge thank you to Tony and everyone from No Idea for another great year. So much to talk about so be on the look out for the reviews, probably starting tomorrow.

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It’s October and you know what that means, the Fest will be here in here no time. Leading up to the weekend of the 26th, we will have a new spotlight every Wednesday showcasing a non-headlining act that we think you need to check out down in Gainesville. For the first installment of Band Spotlight: Fest Edition, we focus on the Midwest’s drunken-troublemakers known as Off With Their Heads. These boys have been pounding out slurry, sloppy, angsty pop punk for a few years now.

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